Developing a 3D intelligent object model for the application of construction planning/simulation in a highway project

Abstract

This study proposes a 3D intelligent object model in highway construction to electronically represent a large amount of information in highway projects based on the international standard ISO 10303. Also known as STEP (Standard for the Exchange of Product), ISO 10303 is an open standard, and has been used for data exchange in building projects of the AEC industries. Motivated by the success from the building industry, this research attempts to apply an object based intelligent model in 3D highway modeling. In order to test the feasibility of the proposed approach, a prototype was developed and tested on a highway project in Seoul, Korea with a team led by Korean Institute of Construction Technology (KICT). The proposed 3D intelligent model was applied to build a 3D model and automatically derive cost/schedule estimates from the 3D object model. To develop a 3D object model in highway road construction, this paper explores different options such as Industry Foundation Classes (IFCs) and LandXML and establish a comprehensive object model for highway structures with different components such as roads, a bridge, and a tunnel as well as topographical representations that could be used for cost/schedule estimation.

Adopting Building Information Modeling (BIM) for the Development of Smart Buildings: A Review of Enabling Applications and Challenges

“…First, in the planning and design phase (Y 1 ), BIM can be used for daylighting simulation [54] (Z 3 ) and security analysis [55] (Z 3 ). Second, in the construction phase (Y 2 ), BIM can be used for earned value management [56] (Z 2 ), cost/schedule estimation [57] (Z 2 ), and construction safety analysis [58] (Z 3 ). ird, in the operation and maintenance phase (Y 3 ), BIM can be used for daily management and emergency simulation analysis, such as energy simulation [43] (Z 1 ), user daily activity simulation [59] (Z 3 ), indoor environmental quality analysis [60] (Z 3 ), and fire personnel evacuation simulation [50]…”

“…e method focuses on the systematic identification and acquisition of construction information. For the construction cost estimation problem, Kim et al [57] started from a highway project and built a smart 3D model based on the STEP (Standard for the Exchange of products) data model to predict the cost and duration of highway construction (Z 2 ). Similarly, BIM-based cost and schedule management (Z 2 ) has also been applied in the construction phase of bridge projects [56].…”

“…Improve schedule [56,57,73,74] Health and safety of workers Resource/equipment scheduling [51,52,75] Quality assessment [76] Energy analysis [77] Figure 4: e goal of smart construction supported by BIM.…”

“…Marzouk and Hisham [56] used BIM technology to estimate the approximate cost and the detailed cost of bridge projects. Kim et al [57] determined the earthwork quantity, cost, and construction schedule by creating a three-dimensional model of the expressway and helped the design team estimate the total project cost.…”

Reviewing of the Simulation Models in Cost Management of the Construction Projects

“…In the same year 2015, Hyunjoo et al [44], proposed a 3D STEP to simplify the process of defining the optimum alternative of highway alignment alternative among the provided alternatives. The motivation for building this mode from view point of developers is the limitations of the currently approaches, one example of these approaches is LandXML, which was compared and founded that it could not define the characteristics and details of structures such as bridges and tunnels.…”